Historical Events for November 2004
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4th - 12 French soldiers, 3 UN personnel and hundreds of civilians die during the Côte d'Ivoire civil war.
6th - An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing 6 and injuring 150.
7th - War in Iraq: The interim government of Iraq calls for a 60-day "state of emergency" as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
8th - War in Iraq: More than 10,000 U.S. troops and a small number of Iraqi army units participate in a siege on the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
9th - Video game Halo 2 a first person shooter first released on Xbox by Bungie Studios
11th - New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior dedicated at the National War Memorial, Wellington.
11th - Yasser Arafat is confirmed dead by the Palestine Liberation Organization, of unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas is elected chairman of the PLO minutes later.
17th - Kmart Corp. announces it is buying Sears, Roebuck and Co. for $11 billion USD and naming the newly merged company Sears Holdings Corporation.
18th - Russia officially ratifies the Kyoto Protocol.
21st - The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, unleashing massive protests and controversy over the election's integrity.
21st - The island of Dominica is hit by the most destructive earthquake in its history. The northern half of the island receives the most damage, especially the town of Portsmouth. It is also felt in neighboring Guadeloupe, where one person is killed as a result.
21st - The Paris Club agrees to write off 80% (up to $100 billion) of Iraq's external debt.
22nd - The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections.
26th - Ruzhou School massacre: a man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds another four in a school dormitory in Ruzhou, China.
27th - New Zealand's All Blacks thump Six Nations Rugby Union Champions France 45-6 in Paris
27th - Pope John Paul II returned the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church.
28th - Male Poʻo-uli dies of Avian malaria in the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda, Hawaii before it could breed, making the species in all probability extinct.
30th - Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge resigns.
30th - Longtime Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings of Salt Lake City, Utah finally loses, leaving him with $2,520,700 USD, television's all-time biggest game show haul.
30th - Lion Air Flight 538 crash lands in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, killing 26.
